Ibrahim Taiwo | |
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Governor of Kwara State | |
In office July 1975 –13 February 1976 | |
Preceded by | David Bamigboye |
Succeeded by | George Agbazika Innih |
Personal details | |
Born | Wushishi,Niger State |
Died | 13 February 1976 |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Nigeria |
Branch/service | Nigerian Army |
Rank | Colonel |
Ibrahim Taiwo (died 13 February 1976) was a Military Governor of Kwara State from July 1975 to February 1976 during the military regime of General Murtala Mohammed. [1] He assisted in establishment of the University of Ilorin,which was founded by decree August,1975. [2]
Taiwo was born in Wushishi,Niger State to the family of Adeosun and Emily Taiwo. He was brought up in Kagara and was sometimes called Ibrahim Kagara while he was in school. Taiwo's father was of Ogbomosho ancestry. Ibrahim Taiwo was educated at Senior Primary School,Minna,Bida Middle School,and briefly attended the Provincial Secondary School,Okene for his Higher School Certificate.
Taiwo joined the military in 1961,he started military training at the Nigerian Military Training College,Kaduna and also attended Mons Officer Cadet School,Aldershot. While in the army,he served as a mechanical transport officer,Officer Commanding 2 Brigade Transport in Apapa,Staff Captain,Army Headquarters,Lagos,Officer in charge of 8 Brigade,Asaba and then Officer in charge of the Transport Company,Kaduna. During the Civil War,he was head of the transport and supplies division of the Nigerian Army.
Taiwo,then a Captain with the Lagos Garrison in Yaba,was one of the many officers (including 2nd Lieutenant Sani Abacha,Lieutenant Muhammadu Buhari,Lieutenant Ibrahim Bako,Lt Colonel Murtala Muhammed,and Major Theophilus Danjuma among others),who staged what became known as the Nigerian counter-coup of 1966 because of grievances [3] they felt towards the administration of General Aguiyi Ironsi's government which quelled the 15 January 1966 coup.
Taiwo played a central role in the coup that ousted Yakubu Gowon and brought Murtala Mohammed to power,under cover of his Supply and Transport duties in the army,working closely with Lt. Col. Muhammadu Buhari. [4]
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